Wednesday, March 5, 2014

The UN
special envoy to Ukraine, Robert Serry was forced to abandon a mission to
Ukraine's Crimea region on Wednesday after being stopped by armed men and
sheltering in a cafe.

UN envoy
to Ukraine threatened but not kidnapped.Deputy UN Secretary-General Eliasson denied
reports on UN representative Serry being kidnapped in Ukraine, saying that
Serry was threatned. Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported earlier,
quoting Ukraine's Foreign Ministry sources: "Serry just informed
that his car in Simferopol was blocked by unidentified armed men in uniform
that wanted to take him to the airport. He refused to go, and now he was
captured and held hostage at an unknown location".

James
Mates from ITV was next to UN envoy in Ukraine and reports in first hand the
situation: Robert
Serry is not kidnapped, but held in a coffee shop. Some men outside prevent him
from leaving.

UN special envoy Robert Serry in
coffee shop. Outside local militia block the door.

(7:12 PM -
5 Mar 2014 ) Robert Serry has now agreed to go straight to the airport and end
his mission in Crimea. For more
information click at